Foreign Girls React | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory | First Time Watch

[@bobdigital21]

Fun theory about this movie (one mostly confirmed). The other Children were never in the running. The whole thing was planned by Wonka from the beginning to get Charlie and 4 brats to tour the factory. They were only there to be lessons for Charlie of what to avoid in life. Wonka was probably looking for an heir for a while, and probably looked at the local kids in town first. After he found out about Charlie and how good he is he picked him. This is supported by multiple things. 1 - the candy bar with the golden ticket is given to him directly by the candy man (under the orders of Wonka i believe). 2 - Slughorn KNEW where each winner would be exactly around the time they won. So we know all the tickets were planted. 3 - He planted things specifically to lure the interest of each child. 4 - The coin was found by Charlie but possibly planted. As were perhaps many others to make sure Charlie would have money to buy a bar that day.

[@jazzx251]

The problem I have with this scenario (apart from Wonka's factory being a death trap that employs captive slave workers, with zero basic hygiene applied [fat kids and football boots becoming part of the mixture] .. etc.) ... is that the game was rigged In the world's first ever "loot box" scenario ... children, and adults, from all across the planet increased their spending on Wonka Bars, just to get a golden ticket While the odds would have been terrible in a fair game (roughly 100 million to 1), none of them knew that it was impossible to win - the winners had already been pre-chosen Even if gambling is allowed - running a fraudulent game is not! But, it's worse, - Wonka chose the winners, just so they could give in to their temptations HE IDENTIFIED and suffer accordingly ... So he preyed on these chlldrens' mental vulnerablities and addictions ... a forerunner of the likes of Jeremy Kyle and Jerry Springer pretending to help downtrodden people by shaming them, but actually aggrandising himself and his brand, by deliberately choosing the most mentally vulnerable people .. children The slave migrant workers, the Oompa Loompas, tell the truth ... who's to blame? "the parents" ... so why is Wonka allowing horrific breaches of basic workplace safety in order to murder the children instead? Veruca Salt was a brat - because of her parents ... but did she REALLY deserve a 50% chance of being burned to death?! Remember - like Jerry Springer, Wonka selected her deliberately so that she would lose ... she was doomed to play a terrifying 50/50 game of Russian Roulette the moment she received the carefully planted ticket For 4 of these children, Wonka knew that the golden tickets were death sentences - where the children were guaranteed to execute themselves in his horrific "fun house" of a factory

[@Wezwolf]

The reason Slugworth was present at all of the ticket findings, is because it's a children's musical fantasy. It wasn't rigged. Just like when characters in musicals all break out in song, and somehow know all the words and dance choreography. It's just a bit of magic. It doesn't mean that a flash-mob secretly invaded the town, posing as townsfolk. The same applies to all the other little coincidences.

[@unholydriver4987]

I was a kid when this movie came out, and now that I'm 60 years old, I still love it. Gene Wilder can't be replaced as Willy Wonka.

[@tarmaque]

Gene Wilder can't be _replaced._ Full stop. They don't make them like that anymore. (I would have been four when this came out, but I do remember seeing it in a theater. Probably second run during the summer with my Dad a couple years later.)

[@TheBuzzard42]

Exactly, I agree! Although it came out before I was born, I have to admit that whenever somebody says the name "Willy Wonka", no matter which other versions you've seen, whether it was Depp, Chalamet or even the cartoon version from those old candy commercials, there's only one face that immediately springs to mind. That face will always be Gene Wilder's. Between his work here, "Blazing Saddles", "Young Frankenstein" and (my favorite) "The Producers", the world truly lost one of it's rare treasures the day he passed.

[@GranpaMike]

Ditto!

[@gregorygant4242]

I'm 55 now this came out when I was a toddler in Australia . Now I live in Europe near the city it was filmed in Munich in 1971 . Many people are hating on this version because it wasn't like the book at all but Gene Wilder's performance is one of a kind really.

[@xplicitification]

Yeah, the Johhny Depp version was just a mentally ill-adjusted kid with daddy issues. Gene Wilders' version was a genius with the creativity of a child

[@animatedink2529]

Chi singing the Oompa Loompa song was painfully adorable lol

[@thomasbaron5367]

Chi is my favorite She is so beautiful ❤

[@BlackieNuff]

They're ALL adorable and "painfully" (to use your word) cute. I can never pick a favorite.

[@Wezwolf]

28:55 Did Chi just call the Oompa Loompas, "Wiggers"? 🤭

[@Wawagirl17]

@@Wezwolf Hehe, I'm pretty sure she said "workers," but now I won't be able to stop hearing it was "wiggers" lol. Just like how in Mrs. Doubtfire I later realized Chi was saying, "What are you saying, judge?" and not, "What are you saying, jerk?"

[@timothyburrows9622]

The kid who played Charlie retired from acting and became a veternarian in a small upstate New York town until he retired a few years ago. The funny part is that small town is where my mom is from.

[@MutaScale]

Near around Saugerties?

[@justindenney-hall5875]

@timothyburrow9622 And he specializes in treating cattle.

[@MutaScale]

@@justindenney-hall5875 My bad, he lives in Lowville which is more upstate NY. No idea why I thought Saugerties, which is more closer to Albany.

[@Poisonedblade]

3:25 "It's too sweet. They're gonna have Obedies." Hella just combined Obesity, Diabetes, and Cavities... all in one! 🤣

[@waterspout8]

Notify Webster's Dictionary! :D

[@0okamino]

That’ll save a lot of time! Which leaves more time for eating candy.

[@BlackieNuff]

Hahahaha, that's brilliant!

[@MikeytheGeek7711]

Oompa loompa doompety doo The girls have another movie for you...

[@STOCKHOLM07]

Oompa loompa doompadi di Hela is sweet but my heart lies with Chi

[@ronbo11]

I think "Willie Wonka" & "The Wizard of Oz" last week have been some of the most fun reactions yet by Movie Munchies. Maybe because the films are magical in nature for the kid inside all of us, but your enthusiasm in these episodes have been astronomical! Thanks for your teams' work (including staff and Asian Angels too).

[@jp3813]

People who hate musicals: "Can't stand all that singing." Also people who hate musicals: "My childhood!"

[@Cugastratos]

Not a big fan of musicals, only a few movies are given a pass. The recent Wonka movie, Sweeny Todd, and this film.

[@jp3813]

@@Cugastratos Are you sure you're not forgetting animated musicals like the original Lion King, Aladdin, Mulan, Prince of Egypt, Nightmare Before Christmas, South Park, etc...?

[@Cugastratos]

​@@jp3813I only count live action 😂

[@joealvarez8733]

​@@Cugastratoslion king, Mulan and Aladdin were made into live action also... FYI

[@jp3813]

@@joealvarez8733 The Lion King remake was more of a photorealistic animation as opposed to the stage show.

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

After this movie released there was a rise in girls being named "Veruca" across the US, but the Americans didn't realise a Veruca is the name of a wart on your foot in British slang, the writer of the book being British born Roald Dahl

[@SpeedOfThought1111]

why would they name their child after a horrible spoiled brat in the first place? confusing...

[@ironic1221]

@@SpeedOfThought1111it probably was just a nice name to them

[@PhilBagels]

It's not even slang. It's an actual, medical term - somewhat obsolete, but was in ordinary medical parlance. I had also heard about people naming their daughters "Eczema", having heard the word in the hospital when the kid is born, not realizing it's a term for a medical condition, thinking it sounds like it could be a girl's name.

[@tarmaque]

@@PhilBagels There's also the _old old_ joke about the guy who delivered his twin daughters by reading a medical book. He even found names for them in it. "Chlamydia" and "Gonorrhea."

[@j3t617]

⁠@@SpeedOfThought1111 The same reason people named their kids Arya, Amèlie, Bella, Elsa etc. The movie or characters makes the name popular, but it’s just a name.

[@3DJapan]

There was a real Wonka candy brand, they created Nerds candy, Everlasting Gobstoppers, and more. Unfortunately it was sold to Ferrera, who stopped using the Wonka name.

[@Thessair]

It was Quaker Oats that originally founded the brand, in conjunction with the filmmakers. They were looking to break into the candy market at the time.

[@0okamino]

Stopped selling Wonkas? What a bunch of Wankas!

[@TheMan21892]

Needs candy are the bane of my existence, but I can’t stop myself from indulging 😆

[@variousshortz5488]

Fortunately given back to the Chicago company

[@Stogie2112]

“The suspense is terrible. I hope it lasts!” 😱😆😊

[@davidbennett1357]

I am one of those people who read nearly all the Roald Dahl books as a kid. I appreciate these films partly because of how difficult it is to bring a book like this to the big screen. There are a few adaptions of other books, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, The Fantastic Mr Fox, and The BFG that are worth watching as well. Dahl had an extraordinary imagination and an equally extraordinary ability to write books with a fun, surreal, weird and exciting story.

[@BlackieNuff]

I had no idea so many of those films came from Dahl. I was only aware of The Witches. This is interesting - I'm gonna have to do a deep dive into Dahl's works and find out how many were made into movies.

[@goddesssalem4842]

That grandpa bed must stink 😂

[@BetterDays-e8h]

Like old people. Whew.

[@tofersiefken]

This is my favorite version. The others caught the bizarre sets and costuming, but not the innocent magic of the original.

[@ronaldnelson6692]

This is the best version. The Johnny Depp version is closer to the book mainly with the geese that lay the golden eggs. In the book, they were squirrels.

[@GranpaMike]

Such a SWEET reaction! Gene Wilder is my favorite actor, and will never be equaled in this role, no matter how many times they try. There were several different Willy Wonka candy bars back in the '70s. The best was the Skrunch Bar. If I owned a time machine, I'd go back and buy a case of them. Then, I'd mail three of them to our Movie Munchies ladies for doing such a lovely reaction, today. ❤❤❤

[@jeffjaeger739]

another movie we used to watch every year when it came on tv was called Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. it's similar to this in that it's very magical and inventive, very much a children's movie, and a musical with some famous people in the cast.

[@CHINZIG_UK]

As a kid I was absolutely terrified when that fan scene happened 😅

[@StuartistStudio1964]

The song "Cheer Up Charlie" brings tears to my eyes every time.

[@ryusukeminami52]

I show this movie to my 8th grade classes every year after we studied 4 chapters of the book, and they still love it despite the newest adaptations. I think there’s something to this one that can never be replicated (my takes are 1/ Gene Wilder and 2/ the absence of computer CGI that implies huge creativity in filming scenes like the chocolate room which was actually almost entirely edible, or the mini-Mike Teevee in front of his mother’s head which was shot previous and cast on a cinema screen and then filmed again with Mike’s actor in front of the screen 🤩) Awesome reaction, I’m so glad you girls enjoyed this movie 🤍🙏🙌

[@NorthernThaiGardenGuy]

This was one of the first movies I saw in a theater when I was a young boy (my Grand Mother took me). Wonka bars were a real candy back then and they had a select few that had golden tickets in them which were to go see the movie for free. Great memories watching this with you ladies. 😊👍👍

[@mikealvarez2322]

Katie, Chi, and Hella have become part of the movie. They are incredibly entertaining and so beautiful.😍😍😍😂😂😂🥰🥰🥰

[@matthewgoodA1206]

I have a memory of watching this movie one night at my grandma’s house. She let me and a friend stay up and watch it late at night. And a very sweet cereal that is common today had just come out, and she bought us a box. So my friend and I stayed up late to watch this movie, while eating a brand new cereal for the first time, and as kids it felt special. Gene Wilder was a fantastic actor who gave the character of Willy Wonka the magical ✨ quality it needed. And you 3 girls gave the reaction a level of cuteness that made it even better. 👩🏻👩🏻👩🏻 🎞️

[@brettwillis6247]

Gene Wilder played the fast gun fighter from Blazing Saddles. Asian Angels reacted to this movie. And Dr. Frankenstein from Young Frankenstein. Movie Munchies reacted to this movie as well.

[@PhilBagels]

"That's 'Fronk-en-steen'."

[@0okamino]

Well, his name was Jim, but most people called him… Jim.

[@tarmaque]

He also played a Rabbi crossing the United States with a bandit (Harrison Ford!) in _The Frisco Kid._ A better movie than it has any right to be.

[@PhilBagels]

@@tarmaque An excellent movie! It's a crime that The Frisco Kid is not better known!

[@Poisonedblade]

23:22 Willy Wonka was supposed to walk out normally and greet everyone, but Gene Wilder decided it would be more fun to fall on his face instead. It was a surprise to everyone, and a classic character introduction!

[@SlamminGraham]

Wilder said he wanted a subtle hint from the beginning that Wonka wasn't to be trusted and had twisted secrets.

[@treetopjones737]

He does not "fall on his face."

[@benmccoy6417]

Watching movies with others is always more fun than watching alone

[@isaacmartinez6904]

Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory is a classic. And one of the few musicals that I really love.

[@HBC423]

It has songs in it, I wouldn’t call it a musical though

[@kingcosworth2643]

Blues Brothers and Team America are some of the best movies ever made, and they are musicals. Musicals got a bad name I think with the Disney style children's musical that tries to be sickingly wholesome. This has turned many away from even giving anything advertised as a musical.

[@vicentehizon6202]

What are the other musicals that you like? I wanna know

[@kingcosworth2643]

@@vicentehizon6202 Grease is good, it has it's place. Wizard of Oz is a movie everybody needs to see. South Park The Movie of course is plain awesome. Gone with the wind is classed as a classic.

[@Echteseele]

WOW, Hella is lovely with that dress! 🥺💓

[@tarmaque]

I must disagree with you. Hella is lovely in everything she wears.

[@BlackieNuff]

@@tarmaque I agree.

[@InverseofAbstersive]

If you like Gene Wilder i suggest Silver Streak. It was one of my favorite movies when i was a teenager.

[@BetterDays-e8h]

24:49 the English word for this quality is “Showman” or “Showmanship”. The idea being you can do something basic or with a style, “Showmen” prefer to do the basic, like walk to a gate, with style!”

[@johndough8115]

There is a popular Willy Wonka candy made today, called "The Everlasting Gobstopper". Or simply "Gobstoppers". They are like Jawbreakers, but as they dissolve in your mouth, they change colors. The center has a different kind of candy, in the center. While they do not last "Forever" like the movie version... they last pretty long, if you dont start biting down on them ;) I like them

[@kingcosworth2643]

Willy Wonka is owned by Nestle isn't it?

[@johndough8115]

@@kingcosworth2643 The Wonka Candy Company, inspired by Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," was originally launched in 1971 and was owned by Nestlé until 2018, when it was sold to the Ferrero Group. The brand is known for various candies like Nerds, Everlasting Gobstoppers, and Fun Dip.

[@jonathanbowling3129]

Watching this movie on tv terrified me as a 5 or 6 year old child….the German kid almost drowns, the one girl with the chewing gum almost blows up, the American kid gets trapped in the tv, Charlie and Grandpa Joe almost get chopped to pieces…the ommpa loompas and that crazy boat ride. I was hiding under a chair watching it. 😮

[@torinju]

When you think about it, we don't actually know the other kids did survive. Wonka says they do, but they are never seen again in the movie.

[@MagsonDare]

@@torinju In the book they see the other kids leaving the factory from the Great Glass Elevator in the final scene. I don't think it would have worked well in the movie though, as Augustus was now long and thin due to the compression in the pipe, Veruca and her dad were covered in trash, Mike Tevee was stretched out like taffy, and Violet was juiced but maintained the blueberry coloring to her skin.....

[@benjaminandrew9057]

@@MagsonDare they did it in the version with Johnny Depp as Wonka.

[@Beaglegirl1120]

Yeah, I first saw this in preschool in the early 1990’s and the scene with the fat kid getting shot up the tube FREAKED ME OUT so much! It took me years to finally see it again but I loved it. Gene Wilder is Willy Wonka ❤❤

[@torinju]

@@MagsonDare Sure, but in the movie it is left ambiguous. Which for me is a good thing. Children's stories are best when they are terrifying.

[@tofersiefken]

That psychedelic boat ride, Wonka forgot to tell them what kind of "gummies" those were. Everything in that room was edible, and "edibles".

[@Lethgar_Smith]

cute

[@dakotacarmel4640]

Groovy bears. "Do you think it WISE!!!"

[@gregorygant4242]

" Let me in I'm starving ! "

[@justindenney-hall5875]

@tofersiefken Korey Coleman made a similar joke about the lickable wallpaper being ecstasy in the Double Toasted video where they celebrated the life of Gene Wilder.

[@AlexisLopez-pb8ms]

Yay Katie is back❤. I already love Chi and Hela but it’s always great to have Katie involved.

[@BlackieNuff]

Agreed! Katie is so cute. I adore them all (including Tien and Lan) but Katie just has something.

[@highguyreacts8620]

4 seconds into this video and I see Hella saying "Bye Bye!" and Chi giving a thumbs up and I already know it's gonna be for the scene where Veruca goes down the Bad Egg Chute 😆

[@JacetheAce-w5b]

Something not a lot of people probably know is that this movie actually did not do very well when it first released. Its budget was about 3 million dollars and it made about 4 million dollars. Great reaction as always.

[@BetterDays-e8h]

One of my favorite kid-school classes was Book to Film-I remember To Kill a Mockingbird and Bless the Beast and the Children. It was an eye opener to read the books than see the film. I was amazed at how good a novel Jaws was, the movie was great, the book even better-shows you how much an imagination can serve for suspense.

[@kingcosworth2643]

Many great movies performed like that, marketing plays such a huge role in the success of a movie. Shawshank Redemption was a flop in theatres

[@JacetheAce-w5b]

@ yeah, Shawshank was a total disaster!!! I don’t know what’s worse? The movie bombing hard in theaters, or it not winning a single academy award? I think it not winning anything is worse. No disrespect against Forrest Gump, but Shawshank is better.

[@timmooney7528]

The character Willy Wonka was inspired by Forrest Mars, the found of M&M Mars. He developed a process to increase the melting point of chocolate, allowing sugar coated chocolate candies to be less fragile. That's where the phrase, "melts in your mouth, not in your hands" comes from. He was afraid Hershey and other candy makers sending spies to steal his secrets. He was a bit on the crazy side, and wanted to find employees who could not be bribed or corrupted. He was hoping to find a remoter tribe who never heard of money and hire them.

[@Lethgar_Smith]

Interesting

[@dangermouse0480]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

My God,that’s fascinating-l had no idea such a man actually existed.

[@timmooney7528]

@@dangermouse0480 Interesting. I wouldn't guessed the chocolate industry was so cut throat with regards to industrial espionage. Must be a strange coincidence that Forrest Mars' eccentricity resembled Wonka.

[@highguyreacts8620]

9:12 Katie: Look at his face. Hella: Ya, Scarface? PLEASE WATCH SCARFACE (1983)....one of my Top 5 movies of all time!!!! 🙂🙃

[@Omaru1982]

There is a joke that Grandpa is the real villain of the movie because he spends all those years in bed but when Charlie wins, he dances around the room singing *I've* got a golden ticket 🤣 To answer the question: Yes this is the origin of the "Pure Imagination" song

[@poolhall9632]

Grandpa Joe is a F-big bum.

[@keydelux2]

🙄

[@pockit_fluff]

Hella started channeling WIlly Wonka 😸48:18

[@BetterDays-e8h]

27:28 yes Katie. This film was very creative and the songs from this film were culturally popular. Candy Man was probably the biggest, done by a very famous singer, Sammy Davis Jr. you should listen to his version-it’s really good.

[@kirksmith2051]

The song was #1 on the U.S. pop chart for three weeks in June 1972.

[@BlackieNuff]

There is the 2005 remake with Johnny Depp, which was renamed as Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, and another cinematic reimagining in 2023 with Timothee Chalamet, simply called Wonka.

[@BetterDays-e8h]

55:45. I understand that you like to watch many of the versions possible of films like you’ve done with Batman-for me this is the best film, it is the Original, the child’s book was very popular at this time and it has the music. You won’t get this reference but John Depp’s version was like Carol Burnett with a bad wig-Gene Wilder’s Willy Wonka is the best. Fun Reaction-I can’t think of a film like it-maybe others will, very original. Live like the Ooompa Loompa’s do!

[@bpora01]

Back when you could buy a candy bar for 25 cents

[@floydlooney6837]

33 years ago at my first job (grocery store) I could buy store-brand candy bars for about a quarter as well as a can of store-brand soda. Of course I was paid about $4.35 an hour.

[@longfootbuddy]

@@floydlooney6837 people want to be paid 100 bucks and hour and 30 bucks for a candy bar apparently

[@deckofcards87]

Singin' In The Rain (1952) Gene Kelly. One of the best musicals..and movies.. ever made. You will have a great time.

[@mikealvarez2322]

Did Hella just say, "That's what we're doing," when the Umpa Lumpas were singing about Mike and his obsession with TV. 😂😂😂❤❤❤

[@kylemacdougall8355]

Technically, WE'RE the ones who are obsessed, because the Movie Munchies are doing this for us, and we're watching them watching stuff! 😂

[@mikealvarez2322]

@kylemacdougall8355 Good point.

[@tranya327]

@@kylemacdougall8355 If you think about it, the entire world, in the years since this film was made, became "Mike TeeVee" on steroids: United States citizens, in 1971, had three network channels, plus a few local ones (depending on where you lived.) With Cable, that became 300 channels, and that was just the beginning. Then came the Internet... and laptops, then cell phones, then smartphones. We now have screens facing us on gas pumps and in elevators. Mike TeeVee NEVER had a personal screen (a smartphone) that he could pull out and interact with, wherever he went. (The TV screen in the Bucket family shack is one of the old-fashioned ones with a huge cabinet and a tiny screen.) The Oompa-Loompa suggestion for screen replacement, "Why not try simply reading a book," seems almost quaint today (because screens and the culture has conditioned everyone to short attention spans): Can people actually concentrate enough today to actually "get into" a book, before feeling forced to put it down because it wasn't exciting enough?

[@treetopjones737]

YT is the computer age grandchild of cable access channels.

[@TheeJRamz]

Did you know that the actress who played violet was in the hospital for over 3months after filming the scene where she turns blue. Whatever they used actually dyed her skin that color

[@daneng3641]

One of my all my all-time favorites. Happy to share this with Hella, who is exceedingly adorable.

[@reactions5783]

28:50 - "Are they made of chocolate?" ... "Huh?" 🤣

[@samhainkid]

Sometimes Hella is unintentionally hilarious.😆

[@BetterDays-e8h]

Watching this reaction I remember how fun the “Candy Man” song was during this time, such a happy song.

[@CassandrashadowcassMorrison]

The late great Sammy Davis Jr had one of his biggest hits with that song :Candy Man) and he HATED it,

[@BetterDays-e8h]

Such a talent, such an entertainer. On with the show!!!

[@shaunoday3646]

It was Grandpa who pressured Charlie to drink that, it wasn't Charlie choice, so when cued about the gobstopper, Charlie wanting to heal all wounds, returned it

[@CassandrashadowcassMorrison]

This, Mary Poppins the first one) and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (based on the book by Ian Fleming, ceator of James Bond) are m7y favorites,

[@JustJim-123]

If you like this kind of musical, then I highly recommend watching "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" ❤

[@jayconant3816]

Definitely ladies watch chitty chitty bang bang!!!!!! You will love it!!

[@BetterDays-e8h]

Oh that is a good choice…they might have fun with that one.

[@gregp9350]

Fantastic memories with this movie, "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", & "Mary Poppin's". Must watches , one & all!

[@edpublic]

Yaaaayyyy Ladies the Original!!! This has Sparked the imaginations of Generations of Children All Over the World🌎,....the remake,,Not so Much

[@j.woodbury412]

When they rehearsed the scene where Willy tells Charlie that he didn't win the chocolate, he played the scene as disappointed instead of angry. So when they filmed the scene and he yells at them, Peter Ostrum and Jack Albertson's frightened reaction was real. This was the only movie Peter Ostrum (Charlie) ever made. After this movie he quit acting and is now a veterinarian.

[@SrChr778]

I remember a behind-the-scenes take of Wonka's walking out with a cane scene. That whole "cane stuck between a stone tile, fall, tumble & flip back up" was purely improvised by Gene Wilder.

[@alibafdixs3630]

Such a classic movie; my gf and I watch this movie while having chocolate cause who doesn't luv candy/chocolate. Especially the music are amazing. Y'all have to also watch “charlie and the chocolate factory & Wonka“

[@earthbob]

The young actor who played Charley is now a veterinarian practicing in Lowville, New York.

[@MichaelHonscar]

I once went to a free showing of Young Frankenstein in NYC during the ‘90s and Gene Wilder (Willy Wonka) was in attendance. Unfortunately, Denise Nickerson (Violet Beauregarde) passed away in 2019 at the age of 62 from a series of serious health issues.

[@treetopjones737]

She also played Amy on *Dark Shadows* .

[@jonharper8963]

I’m happy you chose this version to react too, good choice munchies! ❤

[@0okamino]

These Movie Munchies are always such a treat! Even when candy isn’t involved. Julie Dawn Cole sometimes had to be encouraged to be even meaner and brattier in the role of Veruca Salt (which was her first movie role), because the character is so much the opposite of her real nature.

[@highguyreacts8620]

YEEEESSSSSS....This is one of my favorite musicals of all-time...absolutely perfect!!!! ANOTHER ABSOLUTELY PERFECT MUSICAL is Moulin Rouge (2001), which is the greatest love story I have ever seen, and is also one of the most visually-stunning movies I have ever seen, and stars Obi-Wan Kenobi from Star Wars as the male lead who is deeply and passionately in love in a movie that will blow your minds!!!! ENJOY!!!! 🙂🙂

[@josephamesdacey6442]

No other movie has so many small insignificant moments that make be burst out in tears

[@BetterDays-e8h]

31:55 how did the MMLs miss one of the funniest lines. “Spitting is a dirty habit”…”I can think of a worst one” 😄😄😄

[@floydlooney6837]

Her finger was up her nose when she said that, lol

[@johndough8115]

The other Versions cant compare to the Original. There is nobody as Charismatic, and Oddly Eccentric, as Gene Wilder (Wonka). He fits this role so Perfectly. If you enjoyed this... you should try: - The Neverending Story - Willow - Labyrinth - Summer Rental

[@EnglishRalph]

I think Veruca is just a name in the U.S. but in England a “verruca” is a type of infectious foot wart and one of the treatments is soaking your feet in salted water (not sure about that bit). Definitely something you would want to be rid of.

[@PhilBagels]

Hence the name "Verruca Salt".

[@EnglishRalph]

@ Yeah, sorry. I meant I’m not sure whether there’s actually any medical benefit to salting them, or if it was just something we did in olden times.

[@PhilBagels]

@@EnglishRalph I wouldn't know either. But it may have been a product name, which Dahl then used for the character name. "Remove your verrucas, with Hufarb Co.'s specially-formulated verruca salt!"

[@EnglishRalph]

@ That sounds highly plausible.

[@suokkis]

That boat tunnel scene is freaky...

[@TSIRKLAND]

27:23 - Original song? Yes. The song was written for this film, and has gone on to be very well loved. "The Candy Man Can" also became a break-out single. Sammy Davis, Jr. had a big hit with it, as have other recording artists.

[@TSIRKLAND]

23:26 - The somersault. Gene Wilder was asked to play Wonka in this film. He read the script and liked it, but said that he would play the role on ONE condition: that he would enter with a cane, look like he was about to fall over, then do a somersault and leap up. That was his idea, and if they had said he couldn't do it, he wouldn't agree to be in the movie. The producer (or director; I forget who he was talking to about it) asked him, "Why? Why do you insist on that?" He said that from that moment on- from that very first impression, the kids- and the audience- would never be certain whether he was being real or not. That was the sparkle in his eye; you could never quite trust him. ;)

[@davea6314]

This original Willy Wonka movie is the best, the remake is good but not the best.

[@DafyddBrooks]

Thanks so much for watching this movie!!! Its one of the first movies I ever saw growing up so I really appreciate that you finally gave it a watch :)

[@TerrillBendle]

One of my childhood movies 🤘

[@jaypeve]

Charlie showed some concern for the two girls, with Violet he asked his grandpa why she wasn’t listening to Wonka, with Baruka and her dad he asked Wonka if they were really going to the furnace

[@BetterDays-e8h]

37:46 I was hoping you would sing-a-long to the Oompa Loompas how can you not sing-a-long to the Oompa Loompas? It’s impossible to resist.

[@Wiley_Coyote]

This is such a great movie because its not afraid to be dark. Wonka has to reassure us (not just Charlie) that the other kids are okay, because the movie makes it entirely believable that they might NOT be. Gene Wilder's transparently faux-protestations each time a kid does something bad is both hilarious, and the brilliant lynchpin that holds all of this together.

[@BKPrice]

Now to watch the sequel: Snowpiercer. This was based on the book by Roald Dahl. I believe Johnny Depp's version is just another interpretation of the same story, while Timothee Chalemette's version is imagining Wonka pre-chocolate factory, I think. I haven't watched either of those other two, though.

[@PhilBagels]

The Johnny Depp version is also good. Depp is not as good as Wilder, and there aren't any songs except the oompa-loompa songs, and they aren't as good. But the child actors are better, and Charlie's grandparents are given more character development, and the whole movie is more accurate to the book. If you took the Depp version, replaced him with Wilder, and replaced all the songs with the ones from this version (except for "Cheer Up, Charlie"), it would be just about perfect. Obviously, the special effects and other technical aspects of the later version are better, because better tech was available, and it had a bigger budget, but that's not really a fair comparison.

[@spoderpoof383]

The Batman and now, this? You girls are spoiling us 😭 this is becoming one of my favorite KZbin channels

[@SpiritedHeart94]

So I might’ve gone a little overboard, but I actually got curious about the Bucket family’s income and decided to look into it, here’s some fun facts for you (keep in mind these are based in America, since I’m from New York): 1: Charlie being 12-13 years old as a newspaper delivery boy means he would be considered a “part-time student worker,” and back in 1971 (the year the movie was made), he would’ve had a fixed legally-mandated income of $3.50 a week. 2: A loaf of fresh baked bread from the bakery in the 1970s was $.25 (seriously, what happened? lol), so when Charlie gave the money to his mother, we can deduce that he gave $3 to his mother, and the last $.25 of his paycheck went to his grandpa Joe for tobacco. (A bar of chocolate was $.20 back then, so his grandpa would’ve had a nickel leftover after buying the Wonka Bar) 3: The average cost of rent in the 1970s (in America) was $108 a month, and considering Mrs. Bucket works nights and is the sole provider of the household (Charlie literally just got his first paycheck, so he’d only been working for a week up to this point), she would’ve had to work 6 to 8 hour nights just to maintain an average weekly income of around $150 (this is a guesstimate, but it was the closest I could get in terms of math because I’m not very good at it). 4: Don’t know if you knew this already, but this movie was based on a book by Roald Dahl. In the book, they explain that the family’s daily meals consisted of “ bread and margarine for breakfast, boiled potatoes and cabbage for lunch, and cabbage soup for supper.” 5: going off the book’s description, the time period, and some average household items, I put together a basic list of groceries I believe the Bucket family would have: - Bread - $.25 - Margarine - 5 pounds for $1 - Potatoes - 10 pounds for $.98 - Cabbage - $.10 per head - Toilet paper - $.13 a roll - toothpaste - $.77 - shampoo - $.79 - soap bar - $.10 - yarn - $.50 per (small) skein (keep in mind his mom and grandmothers knit) Altogether, this would be around $5.22, so considering that and the cost of rent, on Mrs. Bucket’s income alone, the family would’ve only had around $37 a week to set aside for emergencies, and that’s not counting any other bills they may-or-may-not have to pay. Again, I might’ve gone a little overboard with this, but understanding all of this makes you really feel for the bucket family’s struggles. But maybe that’s just me. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@richard_n]

This movie is the definition of a classic.

[@Area51byDaveReale]

Such a classic, the only Wonka movie ever made...... EVER! :)

[@dampersand]

Cool, I was just thinking yesterday that I've never watched a reaction to this movie. Good timing!

[@ronaldnelson6692]

The boat scene, when Gene Wilder started singing, he made it up as he was going and the other actors reaction was real because they weren't told he was doing it.

[@bighuge1060]

I absolutely LOVED your reactions to this wondrous movie. Back in the 1970s, there were several Wonka chocolates on the market and I bought those and many other chocolates for me and my siblings when this movie was broadcast on network television; then, the only way to catch "new" movies. I'm proud to report we all got incredibly ill eating so much chocolate that we never tried that again. There were three big fantasy movies during this time: Wonka, Doctor Dolittle, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

[@bighuge1060]

PS, my favorite were Oompa Loompas. They were shaped like peanut M&Ms but taste like Reese's Pieces.

[@jaypeve]

I think it also shows that even though Charlie was a good kid, he wasn’t perfect and made mistakes, but he was better than the others and being honest, humble and doing the right thing is worth it more in the end

[@justindenney-hall5875]

"Loompa Land" in the original version of the book this movie is based on is a fictional African country and "Oompa Loompas" were an African tribe of little people but it was little changed because it was seen as being too reminiscent of slavery, and it didn't help that "Candy Man" was a common name for a slave plantation owner.

[@mindlessmeat4055]

The knife guy is actually a tinkerer, similar to Tinker Bell from Peter Pan. She used to fix pots and kettles and things of that nature. I assume that since this guy is also a Tinker he would also fix stuff like that and possibly sharpen or repair knives.

[@Lykaos_Rex79]

Ah, I love this movie. All time favorite.

[@edpublic]

You'Guys really seem to Enjoy Musicals,,maybe try: Oliver! from 1968,an adaptation of Charles Dickens classic tale of an orphan who runs away from an orphanage to make his way in London,,,it's really really good Won 5 Oscars another 8 Wins and 25 Nominations

[@joelhahn2501]

Yes, the song "Pure Imagination" was written for this movie!

[@lilwolf1970]

There are 2 more versions, Johnny depp's then another one. Gene insisted on tumbling in the beginning to set the stage, he wanted it to appear unpredictable

[@mikealvarez2322]

The Movie Munchies, besides being one of the most beautiful groups of young ladies are also so delightful to watch. When Charlie find the Golden Ticket you'd think they had found it.😂😂😂❤❤❤🥰🥰😅

[@ronbo11]

50:29 Katie & Hella need to share the happy happy joy joy with Chi!

[@kirk1968]

13:00 Katie's expression 😆 I'm so happy you ladies are enjoying classic movies like this one, they are my favorite reaction videos! This movie was must-see TV when it was shown in the 70s and 80s, and it's still very enjoyable today. It has many quotable lines and some very dark humor. Great for all generations to see, thank you for sharing this reaction with us and greetings from Phoenix, Arizona US ❤

[@kirk1968]

Also 50:24 when Wonka shares his true intention, their reactions are priceless 😂

[@deadeye4520]

I saw this in the theater as a child. That boat in the tunnel scene really freaked me out.

[@chaithao1452]

the tickets have a tracker so the Slugworth was able to find and track them down. The tickets did not go out at the same time. They go one by one after another so Slugworth can get there for each one in time.

[@autosandluxury1025]

Great movie reaction, please watch The Secret Garden 1993

[@Poisonedblade]

3:00 "Chocolate is a miracle!" - Katie I would totally agree!

[@archiveit1]

You reacted to the best version here

[@jaypeve]

It was good what Charlie did at the end retuning the candy cause he understood and accepted the consequences for his actions and knew he didn’t deserve to be there at that time

[@RingLordSonic]

11:47 oh I know that bloke! That’s Tim Brook Taylor! From that funny British show ‘the goodies!’ I hope you girls get to see ‘kitten kong’

[@lc8155]

Super fun thanks!